A Few Days of Winter

For the first time in a good number of years, it seems like, we had a mild winter. That doesn't mean we didn't have cold weather and snow. That also doesn't mean that Mae didn't want to go outside despite the frigid weather. She loves to be outside. -T

Eagerly looking out...why she's holding snakes in her hand I have no idea

Studying the door to see if she can just do it herself

"Now, was this so hard to bring me out here?"

Christmas 2012 Comes Early

So we enjoyed Christmas so much that we decided "Why wait a whole year?" We waited a week. Actually, Grandma and Grandpa came back in town and we celebrated Christmas 2011 a little late (On New Year's Day) with them and Aunt Kylee. Now as I'm writing this I realized we had so much fun that we forgot to take very many pictures, but we do have some video footage. -T

Excited for Round 2!

If all gifts that she opens takes this long...Christmas might last until the actual Christmas 2012



She loved the swing

She didn't want to get out

This proves it




She got real cowboy boots!

Filling the space

I cannot bear to have that snot-nosed picture be the opening to our blog just because Todd is done for the night. So here is a very short video that he for some reason didn't put in under 2011. It's from Dec 12 and yes, it's from the ward Christmas party. Enjoy.



Are you kidding me? No sound?! Oh well, it still served its purpose by bumping that most disgusting picture down.

Ringing in the New Year

So it's 2012, but I am starting it in March. So, I have a lot to catch up on. Anyway, what post would be appropriate to start this great new year of 2012? A picture of Mae? Always great. Nah, I've decided to start off the new year with a Lindsey Line. I was in another room from where Lindsey and Mae were when I hear very loudly...

"AHH! I just kissed her BOOGERS!"

(Lindsey thinks "boogers" and "snot" are the same)

Note: This is not Mae and therefore not the actual boogers Lindsey kissed

Who Needs Gifts When You Can Clean Up Paper

Christmas was good to us this year. Mae thought her gifts were...nice...but what she REALLY loved was cleaning up wrapping paper and throwing it in the trash bag. She wouldn't let anyone move on with the next gift until she cleaned up the paper and threw it in the trash. The whole day was nice from going to church with Grandma Weez and Papa D, to our own Christmas, to lunch and Christmas festivities with the Poe's and Schlensker's, to a call to Sister Jackie on the mish. It was really a nice day. We did miss Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Kylee, but them not being there just meant Christmas was extended to another day. -T

Aren't Christmas morning pictures usually hideous? We took advantage of possibly the best Christmas morning picture of her life

She was a little unsure about the whole stocking thing

Trying to figure it out

Hair ties from Santa!

I'm not really sure what was so funny...we gave her no gag gifts

Is she still laughing at us? Or saying, "You guys are both the MAN!"

Cute in pigtails

After church...ready to start opening presents! (or throwing wrapping paper away)

"Dad, I would like to throw your paper away for you."

I guess "fun" is in the eye of the beholder

Okay...new pajamas...not wrapping paper.

Lindsey decided to put her new pajama skirt on over her church clothes. I kept thinking she reminded me of someone...

...and then it came to me...

"Put me in coach!"

Ready for the next phase of Christmas day...

...where we apparently didn't take any pictures.

(But we did have a really nice time with the Poe's and Schlensker's)

I pulled my new electric razor out from Lindsey to look at it. All of the sudden Mae grabbed it and started rubbing it on my cheeks.
She's very smart

She loves her new boots
Running to the end of 2011!

Final Post of 2011

See you in 2012!

(which won't be long since I didn't actually post this until almost 3 months into 2012)